Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 190 · Decided 5 April 2000
Asokan v. State Represented BY Public Prosecutor, Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 190 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 949
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 597/1992
- Decided
- 5 April 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 201, 4, 302, 34; CrPC Section 176, 378, 386
Headnote
B Criminal law : Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302134 and 201-Evidence-Appreciation of-Deceased died C due to manual strangulation in her in-laws' house-A-2 called PWs 3 and 4 ~ho saw the deceased lying down with injuries on her neck-Neither A-2 was present inside the house nor did PWs 3 and 4 state In the circumstances of the case, trial court justified in giving benefit of doubt to A- D 2 and acquitting him of the offences under Ss. 302134 and 201-High Court erred in interfering with the order of acquittal-Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Ss. 176, 378 and 386. Sections 302134 and
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